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Government issues new ride-hailing app regulation
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A customer accesses a ride-hailing application as app-based motorcycle taxi drivers wait on the roadside near Palmerah Station in Jakarta. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
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he Transportation Ministry has issued a revised regulation for ride-hailing applications after the previous regulation was annulled by the Supreme Court last year in response to protests by several stakeholders.
Ministerial Regulation No. 118/2018 on non-route public transportation, which is to replace Regulation No. 108/2017, was signed by Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi on Dec. 18 and took effect the day after.
Transportation Ministry public transportation director Ahmad Yani said on Thursday that under the new regulation, the ministry had scraped a number of requirements.
The scrapped requirements include attaching ride-hailing app stickers issued by the ministry on the windshield, taking roadworthy tests, preparing parking garages and having at least five vehicles for a ride-hailing app operator.
Ahmad said all the articles that were annulled by the Supreme Court were not included in the new regulation.
He said the new regulation also included a ruling on suspensions, which are often imposed by ride-hailing app providers to drivers as a sanction.
Ahmad said the Transportation Ministry had called on the providers to create categories for sanctions – light, medium and heavy.
“The suspension for drivers, who get a medium punishment could still be revived,” he said as quoted by kompas.com, adding that drivers with heavy violations would not only face suspension but also criminal charges.
The regulation also includes minimal service standards as well as floor and ceiling rates. (bbn)
